My first film review---Keep the Shaolin Temple in your heart

Weston 2022-04-21 09:03:02

First of all, this is an afterthought, there are spoilers, but it doesn't matter, you can expect the plot with your eyes closed, so it doesn't affect it.

Secondly, thanks to QQlive, it allowed me to watch the blockbuster "New Shaolin Temple" online with a box office of more than 200 million without leaving the embrace of the motherland. It is not like other online video sites that always say a very sincere sentence: "Sorry, This video is only available in mainland China." Just like someone shared a video about a robot cat a few days ago, the title is "Goodbye, Doraemon, please prepare a tissue before watching. . . , then I had the tissue ready, opened, buffered, advertised, and then the familiar phrase on the video, "Sorry, this video isn't available in your region."

I immediately cried. . .





If "New Shaolin Temple" is scored, if it is 100 points, I should score 90 points. On the one hand, my appreciation level is really limited. As a popular movie lover, I would like to watch "Inception" and "Mulholland Drive". "A person who is very brainless, I hope everyone will not despise and force my appreciation level. At least, if I spend 50 RMB to watch it in the cinema in China, after watching it, I should not be fooled. First of all, from the perspective of popular entertainment films, this film focuses on several generations of acting idol stars, such as Andy Lau, Jackie Chan, Nicholas Tse, Wu Jing, and new acting star Fan Bingbing. So in terms of acting, it shouldn't be too painful. As a person who bought a ticket to watch Jay Chou movie and took 502 after the movie, my heart was shattered, and I expressed no pressure. In terms of the plot, of course, it more or less continues the bloody plot of the domestic film. The protagonist can't be beaten to death, and even later, you think very cheaply, hurry up, pour it! The brothers turned against each other. When the younger brother killed the elder brother, he had a gun instead of using a knife. Before using the sword, he had to prepare speeches and feelings for many years. Then he was not hacked to death, and the elder brother ran away. Fortunately, this film has a large-scale style. It is an axe, which reminds people of the axe gang in "Kung Fu". And what is more rational is that the younger brother and sister-in-law did not have a more bloody emotional entanglement, and did not use the actress's off-screen and

passionate scenes as gimmicks. For this, I persisted to the end.



I am not very knowledgeable about many details of the movie. Most of the time, after watching a movie, I always evaluate whether the movie is good or not from two aspects. On the one hand, I was very happy to see it. On the one hand, I was very unhappy watching it. After watching this movie, it is somewhere in between. After the movie, there are still some scenes that left a deep impression on me, and I also have some insights and reflections.



Regarding the 2 junior brothers of Shaolin Temple, they are not played by famous actors. To use the popular words, they belong to soy sauce men, but their status is higher than that of passers-by. They should be listed separately in the actor list, not in the big list. When he was fighting with the first martial arts brother under Nicholas Tse, he was completely defeated and stabbed with a knife, but he still had the characteristics of a Chinese movie. "Shaolin can't be humiliated!"

Maybe many people will think this plot is very old-fashioned, but once again I emphasize that for the unscrupulous audience like me who go to the cinema basically to pick up girls, this scene, if it is in China In the theater, I should applaud along with other unscrupulous audience members. Shaolin can't be humiliated! The spiritual realm that Shi Ke kills cannot be humiliated makes people addicted.

In fact, everyone has their own Shaolin in their hearts, that is, their own principles and limits. When facing injustice and humiliation, can a person rise up and shout "Shaolin is not humiliating!", indeed In today's increasingly grandiose society, it is rare and requires courage. People are more insisting on the moral code of the grandfather and the tolerance of the daughter-in-law and the mother-in-law. In the face of problems, it is common to be docile and prudent to protect oneself. What is advocated now is to try hard, but in the end, everyone generally became Ah Q instead of Gou Jian, and often became a teenager Han Xin, but there was no follow-up story of adult Han Xin. There is a classic joke in Chinese allusions, it is called if it doesn't matter to you, if you care about it, you will be messed up. Lao Luo (Luo Yonghao) occasionally lashes out and looks new, but I think it's a good sentence to say, that is, he hates being serious and loses. Why can't people be serious about this sentence. In fact, I like to be serious and lose this sentence. As an unscrupulous public, there are too many fools in the rivers and lakes, and masters are too low-key, so not sticking to principles in everything has become the foundation of self-preservation, don’t talk about principles to my brother , Brother unprincipled things are more and more, people often feel lost, because the Shaolin in their hearts is not firm enough. The reason why you are not firm enough is often not because you have another Wudang in your heart, but because you have nothing in your heart, but only yourself.





Regarding another scene, Shaolin was bombed by foreign cannons. The Shaolin chef played by Jackie Chan is also an uncle of Shaolin. He spoke in dialect and said, "Shaolin is in my heart and will never be burned."

Made me think of the same problem as above. Many of the dreams and principles we held to when we were young fade away as we mature. Just like when I was very young, I thought idealization was noble, and real people were what I despised and disdained. Until today, I have become more and more realistic and more and more skillful. I think my current self will make yesterday’s self feel disgusting. Bar. However, I always like to say that today's self thinks yesterday's self is stupid, yesterday's self thinks today's self is wretched, this is life. But no matter how it changes, the Shaolin that cannot be burned in his heart is his deep imprint. No matter how society and time have changed us and made us wretched, many years later, what we teach our children is still the Shaolin in our hearts, and then society will slowly erode the Shaolin in their hearts, and they will teach our children the Shaolin in our hearts. The Shaolin in their hearts was passed on to their grandsons. Therefore, the beauty of human nature cannot be wiped out. Although it only shines at certain critical moments, it is enough.

On the other hand, it made me think of another question nonsensically, because it was Shaolin bombing with cannons, which reminded me of the countries that the United States had attacked. However, this article does not care about politics, otherwise I am afraid that someone will bombard my Shaolin with their morality again, so I will not broadcast it here.





Another shot is about love. When Fan Bingbing left Andy Lau, she said that although we can no longer be together, I still prefer you now. This sentiment has nothing to do with the plot, but in the emotional world. Often the two sides accommodate each other and change the Shaolin in each other's hearts for each other. In the end, one side is destined to leave, while the other side said this sentence very meanly. Sad words, in fact, I love you more now. Two people, together, do you need to throw away all evidence of your previous relationship for the sake of your current boyfriend or girlfriend? This is up to you, not your other half. Throw it away, past feelings can be used as memories or garbage, but you must think about your own thoughts, and don’t do anything for the other half, otherwise your Shaolin will tell you in the end that it is not worth it. You can adapt to a person, but don’t completely change yourself for anyone. There will always be someone who likes you in the original flavor. Even if you are stinky tofu and you have a changed flavor, maybe she or he will like it, but it’s not you.





Then discuss the characters inside: Regarding the character played by Jackie Chan, he never walked out of Shaolin in his life. The first time he came out of Shaolin was to save Li Min from water, fire and danger. . To untie the bell, you have to tie the bell, and you have to rely on yourself to break through. Regarding Andy Lau and Nicholas Tse, they are the same model, one is coming and the other is walking, so it is important to listen to the old man. As for the question of whether the eldest brother played by Andy Lau died in the end, it should be dead. This is the reason why I didn't give the movie 60 points. If Andy Lau was alive again, this movie would definitely be "Predator", and then Andy Lau Back to 'Mars' in a flying saucer.





At the end of the article, I didn’t discuss patriotism and confrontation with the Eight-Power Allied Forces; I didn’t discuss the theory of causality, of course, it’s right to be a good person; I didn’t discuss who is better than Jet Li’s version; I didn’t discuss the commercialization of the current Shaolin Temple. Good or bad, should we keep the tradition, this is not my business, it is my business, but, will the Shaolin in my heart still stand one day, whether it is weathered, invaded, or infected, after all, in your heart There is still a Shaolin that belongs to you, and I hope your Shaolin is not just a ruin.





In high school, I acted in two small classroom dramas, one was Lu Shiping in "Thunderstorm", and the other was the big brother who fell into the water in "Border Town". I still stubbornly like Cuicui in the border town, just like I like Huang Lei's "Wait, etc.". Many times, those who have Shaolin in their hearts are really worthy of admiration, although they are more artistic and idealistic, But life, and tomorrow, need Shaolin.



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Extended Reading
  • Lysanne 2022-01-14 08:02:05

    The three stars were awarded entirely because of feelings for the original "Shaolin Temple".

  • Angelita 2022-03-28 09:01:08

    An emotionally charged film

Shaolin quotes

  • Cook: [to Huo Jie] I don't know an of this, all i know is it's worthless to train just the moves without the spirit.

  • Abbot: A brave man is one who knows to return after having lost his way.